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The Government has announced that 15 new “studio schools” will open in 2013/14.
Studio schools cater for students aged 14 to 19 and are backed by businesses. Existing business sponsors include Disney, Aston Villa FC and Sony.
The schools focus on work experience and vocational qualifications as well as core academics, often focussed towards a particular industry such as “hospitality and catering”.
Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, opposed this scheme arguing that studio schools deny students the opportunity to benefit from a broad and balanced academic curriculum. There is an argument that students may gain qualifications limited to an area that ultimately, they may decide, is not for them.
However, there is no doubt that a good range of work experience is a valuable asset and in the current economic climate where levels of youth unemployment are high a curriculum which develops student’s employability can only be a good thing and ultimately will benefit the students in their future careers.
The recent case of R (on the application of A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin) provides some welcome and reassuring guidance to governing boards on the exclusion reconsideration process.
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With 19 HR experts now supporting over 500 schools and trusts across the country, in this edition of 60 seconds we sit down with Emma Hughes, who leads the team, to discuss what this significant milestone means to her.
In order to reduce the risk of potential breaches, schools should follow this Health and Safety Executive guidance.
A ResPublica report highlighted that asbestos continues to be the UK’s number one occupational killer, with nurses and teachers 3 to 5 times more likely to develop mesothelioma than the general UK population. The House of Commons Work & Pensions Select Committee is investigating how the HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings.
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